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Catastrophizing Fortune Telling Predict Future Negatively Outcomes I

Fallacy Catastrophizing or Fortune Telling
Definition and Examples You predict the future negatively without considering other, more likely, outcomes (eg As I keep walking awkwardly, and making awkward glances at people, I'm imagining that its always going to be this way).

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